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(2009)
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The acclaimed new film tells the startlingly original and brutally honest story of 15 year-old Mia, brilliantly played by winner Katie Jarvis. A feisty and fiercely independent outsider, Mia is ostracised from her friends and lives uneasily with her volatile mother (Kierston Wareing) in a tough Essex estate from which she longs to escape. But the unexpected arrival of her mother's handsome and charismatic new boyfriend (Michael Fassbender) sparks a catalogue of events that threaten to turn Mia's world upside down.
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Fish Tank review by JC
highly recommended
(3) of (4) members found this review helpful.
a moving and brilliantly acted ensemble. i was never sure what characters might do next but they still felt true to life. one of a few, highly recommended, recent british films. plus it features a true bobby womack classic!
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Fish Tank review by Antony
My God
(3) of (4) members found this review helpful.
I wasn't expecting this.
At first, you think it's going to be a poor british film, but after a half hour or so, you become intersted in the lead actress and the life she leads-or has no choice but to lead.
A real eye opener.
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Fish Tank review by Jawbreaker
Candid Camera
(3) of (4) members found this review helpful.
A real highlight from 2009 is Fish Tank where Andrea Arnold finally delivers. I wasn't that impressed with her previous film Red Road, however she's learned from that experience and crafted a candid and startling portrayal of teenage life on a UK housing estate. Katie Jarvis is terrific in her first ever role; substituting her own life experiences for her onscreen character. The end result is an experience that will provoke debate and some sadness at the state of our inner cities and society in general. Also another fine performance from Michael Fassbender.
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Recent Reviews of Fish Tank by our members
Fish Tank review by RP
A film to admire rather than like
(0) of (0) members found this review helpful.
This film won the 2010 BAFTA for Outstanding British Film – and rightly so. It's not a pretty story – but it will grab you and not let you go until it reaches its inevitable conclusion. 15 year old Mia (an astonishing role by Katie Jarvis) lives with her single, slutty, mother and younger sister in a high rise block of council flats in Rainham, Essex, within sight of the Dartford Crossing QE II bridge. [Aside: the location is the Mardyke Estate, also seen in 'Made In Dagenham' and now being redeveloped].
Mia's mother moves her boyfriend Connor in. Mia finds Connor not only useful as a source of cash and a video camera to record her dancing - which he encourages - but also finds him attractive. There is a certain inevitability as we watch the film that things will almost certainly go wrong - and of course they do. Mia's world slowly unravels as she has sex with Connor, find out that he is (of course) married, that (of course) he has a child and that her dreams of becoming a dancer are (of course) hopelessly unrealistic.
Yes, it's a downbeat film – but it has a realism and feels so true to a certain gritty slice of life and the personalities and the f-ing and blinding that goes with it that it is very watchable through to its ending which is happier than you might expect. 5/5 stars. Highly recommended – but it's a film to admire rather than like.
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Fish Tank review by PV
Awful, over-rated, boring British film
(0) of (3) members found this review helpful.
There is nothing good about this film. It's the kind of sub-Ken Loach and sub-Mike Leigh poverty porn realism much loved by critics - but really, it is patronising, dishonest, self-indulgent pap.
I come from the same homw town as the dirctor and I can tell you that is is mostly middle-class suburbia too! So the portrayal of it as some kind of awful sink estate in dishonest.
What we need are good stories well told - that is what we need in the British film industry; not this awful tedious pity party - this film is typical of all that is wrong with British film-making.
NO STARS.
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Fish Tank review by CM
Depressing
(0) of (4) members found this review helpful.
Perhaps too true to life for some people. There was nothing good about this film. The current recession is making life hard for most people due to the uncertaintity about the future, so we need a bit of escapism which you do not get from this film.
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Rated: 3.5 stars out of 5 from 256 ratings
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Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
| Release Date: | 22/03/2010 |
| Production Year: | 2009 |
| Run Time: | 122 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
Special Features:
- Andrea Arnold' Oscar winning short film 'WASP' starring Natalie Press and Danny Dyer
- Theatrical trailer
- Gallery
